The NCUA issued prohibition orders Dec. 31 that banned six former credit union employees from federally insured institutions. Three of the six were from the $12.6 million OTS Federal Credit Union in Honolulu, which an FBI agent described as a den of thieves

CLEVELAND — Alex R. Spirikaitis, the central figure of the $15 million fraud scheme that led to the collapse of the Taupa Lithuanian Credit Union, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison Dec. 1 by U.S. District Court James S. Gwin in Cleveland.